Sealed receptacle.



O. R. PARMELE.

SEALED REGEPTAGLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21, 1907. 958,887, Patented May 24, 1910 in HF ROKEN no NOT UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES ROOME PARMELE, 0F NEWBRIGHTON, NEW YORK.

SEALED RECEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 21, 1907. Serial No. 380,012.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES RooMn PAR- MELE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Brighton, county of Richmond, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sealed Receptacles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to sealed boxes and the like, and has for its object to produce a sealed receptacle whose seal can be easily broken, and in which any break will be con spicuous, and further a box having a seal which when ruptured cannot be repaired so as to conceal the fact that it has been broken.

A further object is to provide a sealed receptacle in which it will be difficult to remove and replace the seal without detection, even if steam or moisture is used in the operation.

The following is a description of an embodiment of my invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sealed cylindrical box embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, A is the box body having an upwardly projecting flange A preferably of reduced external diameter.

B is the cover fitting over the flange. The upper edge of the body or the lower edge of the cover, or both of said edges, are cut away, as at a b, so as to form a circular indentation around the exterior of the closed box at the line of meeting of the cover and the box body.

C is a label, of paper or similar material, provided with cuts D, which have small bonds E between them. These bonds are at an angle to the line of meeting of the two parts of the box, In forming the bonds I have preferably removed some of the material of the label, thus forming perforations therein. The label is secured to the closed box by paste or glue, so as to hold the box body and cover together and form a seal. By reason of the indentation the label when secured to the box is provided with a zone located at the line where the box body and cover meet, which is free from both the box and cover. Moreover the indentation at the line of junction between the cover and the box body enables the label to be applied to the box without having the adhesive material, such as paste or glue, flow between abutting surfaces of the body and cover. In the ordinary wooden box, the cover when it is in position sets down snug upon the offset on the body, and when the label is applied thereto by adhesive material the adhesive material flows into the crack and cements the cover and the body so that it would be diflicult to remove the cover even if the label did not in any way restrain it. The indentation in my box prevents the adhesive material from reaching the line of junction between the cover and the box body, and therefore removes this difficulty. In addition, the indentation forms a groove into which the bonds can be forced by the .finger or any suitable instrument, when itis desired to break the seal and remove the cover.

If desired, the zone can be formed without the use of the groove by leaving the portion opposite the line of juncture unpasted. The indentation, however, aids in the breaking of the seal and in making the break conspicuous. I preferably make the bonds between the perforations narrow, so that they are easily broken and if one tries to remove the label by moisture applied in the form of steam or otherwise, they would be liable to tear apart, so that the label cannot be replaced without showing that it has been tampered with. The thickness of the'label in Fig. 2 is exaggerated so as to show it in section. The cover and the flange A are preferably screw-threaded, so that the. cover has to be turned in order to remove it.

My invention permits of embodiment in various forms, the shape of the box and the perforations or openings in the labels and other features being capable of modification without departing from its essence.

What I claim is:

1. The combination of a box body having an upward projection, a cover fitting over said projection and thus forming a closed box, a label secured by adhesive material to both said body and said cover and having a series of bonds at an angle to the lower edge of said cover and coinciding approximately with said lower edge, said closed box having an indentation beneath said bonds and coinciding with the line of junction of said cover and body.

2. The combination of a box body having an upward projection, a cover fitting over said projection and thus forming a closed box, a label secured by adhesive material to both said body and said cover and havin a series of bonds at an angle to the lower e ge of said cover and coinclding approximately with said lower edge, said label having a non-adhering zone corresponding to said bonds and coinciding with the line of junction of said cover and body.

3. The combination of a box body having an upward projection, a cover fitting over said projection and thus forming a closed box, a label secured by adhesive material to both said body and said cover and having a line of perforations coinciding. approximately to the lower edge of said cover, said closed box having an indentation coinciding with said line of perforations and the line of junction of said cover and body.

4. The combination of a box body having an upward projection provided with external screw-threads, a cover provided with internal screw-threads fitting over said projection and thus forming a closed box, a label secured by adhesive material to both said body and said cover and having a line of perforations coinciding approximately with the lower edge of said cover, said closed box having an indentation coinciding with said line of perforations and the line of junction of said cover and body.

5. In a box, the combination of a box body having a base portion and an upward projection therefrom of smaller external dimensions than said base portion, so as to form a shoulder at the lower end of said projection, a cover fitting over said upward projection and engaging said shoulder on said base portion at the lower end of said upward projection, the up er outer edge of the base portion and the lower outer edge of the cover being cut away so as to form .a recess at the line of junction of cover and base portion, and a label secured by adhesive material to said base portion and cover.

CHAS. ROOME PARMELE.

W'it-nesses:

A. WV. HALLETT,

CHARLES ROOME PARMELE, Jr. 

